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Barnes & Noble Education stock: growth
BNEDBarnes & Noble Education reported $1.71B in revenue for fiscal 2026, up 6.5% on the prior year, up 4% a year on average over up to five years.
Daily figure as of 13 Nov 2026
Revenue (Annual rate)
−0.1%
per year from 2012 to 2026, per share −4.1%
Earnings (Annual rate)
−5.3%
per year from 2012 to 2026, per share −3.1%
Free cash flow (Annual rate)
3.8%
per year from 2012 to 2026, per share −0.4%
Growth per year by period
What reaches shareholders is growth per share: buybacks lift it, new shares dilute it.
| since 2021 | since 2016 | since 2012 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 4.0% | −0.5% | −0.1% |
| Revenue per share | −6.7% | −6.4% | −4.1% |
| Earnings | no data | 69.9% | −5.3% |
| Earnings per share | no data | 10.5% | −3.1% |
| Free cash flow | 44.7% | 0.5% | 3.8% |
| Free cash flow per share | 29.7% | −5.5% | −0.4% |
Fiscal years at a glance
How revenue and earnings grow
- Revenue
- Earnings
- Free cash flow
Figures as a table
| Year | Revenue | Earnings | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | $1.74B | $36.43M | $20.21M |
| 2013 | $1.76B | $30.17M | $20.73M |
| 2014 | $1.75B | $35.11M | $12.48M |
| 2015 | $1.77B | $19.13M | −$30.73M |
| 2016 | $1.81B | $84K | $32.29M |
| 2017 | $1.87B | $5.36M | $33.32M |
| 2018 | $2.2B | −$252.57M | $17.23M |
| 2019 | $2.03B | −$24.37M | $75.37M |
| 2020 | $1.85B | −$38.25M | −$44.87M |
| 2021 | $1.41B | −$139.81M | $5.33M |
| 2022 | $1.5B | −$68.86M | −$32.45M |
| 2023 | $1.54B | −$101.86M | $66.58M |
| 2024 | $1.57B | −$75.75M | −$19.19M |
| 2025 | $1.61B | −$65.83M | −$98.31M |
| 2026 | $1.71B | $16.87M | $33.86M |
Revenue by segment
How Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. makes its money and how that has shifted. Names are as the company reports them.
- Course Materials Product66%
- General Merchandise Product21%
- Service and Other5%
- Other9%
“Other” combines smaller and former segments with revenue the company does not assign to a segment. Names as reported, with abbreviations spelled out for the largest companies.
Figures as a table
| 2025 | 2026 | Share 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Materials Product | $1.02B | $1.13B | 65.8% |
| General Merchandise Product | $355.27M | $358.1M | 20.9% |
| Service and Other | $86.52M | $77.44M | 4.5% |
| Other | $146.93M | $150.41M | 8.8% |
| Total revenue | $1.61B | $1.71B | 100% |
Data status and sources
- Score
- Daily value of 13 Nov 2026, recalculated nightly
- Price
- Closing price of 12 Nov 2026
- Latest annual report
- Fiscal year 2026, period end 2 May 2026
- Source
- Financial statements, ratios and prices from Financial Modeling Prep (FMP), based on the company's reports. MEQIRI calculates the score and fair value from them.
Mandatory disclosures for this rating
- ; time horizon around 12 months
- Rated Neutral, published since 7 Nov 2026 (in the score history since 10 Jul 2026)
- Valuation signal Fairly valued since 7 Nov 2026
- End-of-day prices, metrics cached for up to 24 hours
- Score and fair value are estimates from a disclosed model. They are not facts and not a price target.
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